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Annotation CCLIV, Expiatory fire (Romans 11:5)

“The remnant, according to the election, are made safe [saved].”

Annotation CCLIV

”The remnant, according to the election, are made safe [saved].” — Romans 11:5

Expiatory fire.

Origen, [in] the eighth book on the epistle to the Romans, interpreting these [words], seems to be of that opinion, that all — the good as well as the evil — are to enter, after this life, the fire of gehenna. For he has these words: “YET the end shall press hard upon all [things], and those indeed who are blessed, whether they [be] of Israel, or of the Gentiles,” etc. See above, Annotations 170 and 171 of the fifth book.

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Sixtus of Siena, O.P., “Annotation CCLIV, Expiatory fire (Romans 11:5),” in Annotations on the New Testament, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/bibliotheca-sancta-nt/256-annotation-ccliv-expiatory-fire-romans-11-5/.

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